Money-changing machine.



E. D. HALE. MONEY CHANGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23. 1914. 1,162,051.

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Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

E. D. HALE.

MONEY CHANGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23, 19:4.

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E. D. HALE.

MONEY CHANGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23. I914.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIBERT D. HALE, 0F CLARKSTON, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR TO E. D. HALE MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY, OF CLARKSTON, WASHINGTON.

MONEY-CHANGING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

Application filed March 23, 1914. Serial No. 828,583.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELBERT D. HALE, citizen of the United States, residing at Clarkston, in the county of Asotin and State of \Vashington have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Money-Changing Machines of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to money changing apparatus and particularly to certain improvements in the money changing apparatus shown in my Patent No. 966,741, patented August 9, 1910.

The primary object of my invention is the provision of a very simple, durable and efficient construction of change handling mech anism by which change may be easily and quickly made and the necessity of complication avoided.

A further object of the invention is to provide in addition to the change making apparatus shown in my former application, means for making change up to nine cents by the depression of any one of a plurality of keys.

A further object is the provision of means for making change from five cents to ninetyfive cents by the depression of any one of a series of keys.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of means to improve the construction of the mounting for the coin slides and the stops for the coin slides.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means to so hold coins that the rear part of the coin will drop first, thus permitting a stroke of the lever and key to be made.

A further object of the invention is to improve the construction of the coin rack and plate upon which it rests.

Still another object is to provide means on the front of the coin rack to prevent abstraction of coins, this means being capable of being raised and lowered and being locked when closed.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for locking the actuating levers of the mechanism to prevent unauthorized use thereof.

Still another object of the invention is to provide means for recording or registering the operations of the money changing mech anism and being operated by the same keys and levers.

Still another object of the invention is to provide the coin registering mechanism with means whereby the transaction in which the coin changing device is used may be registered by the clerk. v

Still another object in this connection is toprovide means for operating the ribbon rolls automatically and to provide means whereby the ribbon rolls may be thrown out of engagement with the registering apparatus so that the ribbon may be rewound, and to provide means whereby free access may be had to the rewinding roll.

Still another object is to provide means for supporting a roll of blank paper within the registering mechanism and for feeding the paper past the type automatically upon each actuation of the machine.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of a change making machine constructed in accordance with my invention. the keys of the machine being removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the coin containing boxes and through the coin collecting rack. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 8. Fig. 4: is a section on the line 4-1 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of certain key levers and the keys for actuating the levers. Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing one of the slides, the supporting bar for the slides, one of the key-actuated levers and the means for actuating a plunger of the registering mechanism and actuating the ribbon and paper. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of four superimposed coin slides showing the details of their construction. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the exterior of the change making apparatus. Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic plan view of the key-levers and the keys for actuating the latter.

As illustrated in Fig. 8, my improved money changing apparatus is inclosed within a casing 2 through the top of which the keys whereby the money changing mechanism is operated project. The casing has preferably an inclined top and vertical sides with a vertical front.

Disposed within the casing and at the front thereof is a slide supporting bar 3 which extends transversely from one side of the casing to the other and which is supported in any desired way. Above the v plate 4 which is formed with aseries of openings of varying siZes for the discharge of coins. I

Mounted upon the plate 4: are the segmental stacking boxes 5 which extend upward from the plate 4 and define the rear walls of the openings through the plate. These boxes 5 are designed to contain coins of different sizes and dimensions, the coins being stacked within the respective boxes and the lowermost coin of the stack resting upon the upper surface of the slide supporting bar 3. The bar 3 is formed with a plurality of longitudinally extending supporting webs or rails 6 designed to guide the coin ejecting slides 7 in their forward and backward movement. The slides 7 are of course provided with openings which are coextensive and coincident with the corresponding openings of the plate 4 and the bar 3 is formed on its front edge with a number of recesses 8 which respectively describe arcs of the 'circles-corresponding to the openings whereby when any one of the coin ejecting slides is pushed forward, the lowermost coin in the corresponding stack will be permitted to drop into a trough or tray 9, the walls of which converge in a downward direction asshown in Fig. 2 so that the coin or coins ejected be easily andquickly collected and removed from the tray through the coin discharging cup 10.

Each slide 7 is provided atits rear end with an upwardly projecting pin 11- over which is slipped an apertured ear 12 formed on or-secured to the depending arm of a bell crank lever 13. These levers 13 are all fulcrumed at their elbows on a transversely extending rod 1 1 secured at its ends within the casing in any desired way above the coin ejecting slide 7 and the upper or rear wardly extending arms 15 of the bell cranks extend rearward to the rear end of the easing as illustrated in Fig. 3.

As illustrated in Figs. 3 and 6, each slide is also provided with a downwardly projecting pin 16 which enters a slot in the rear of the slide supporting bar 3, theforwardand rear walls of this slot acting as stops limitingthe movement of the slides. Also as shown in Figs. 3 and 6, each slide is'provided at its forward end with a downwardly and rearwardly projectingfinger'l? which extends beneath the opening in the slide and causes the rear end of the coin to drop first into the discharge chute thus requiringi a'shorter stroke of'the actuating lever and key. The provision of slots in the slide supporting. bar 3- for. engagement with the fingers'l'ffor causing the rear end'of the coins to drop first, are two of the improve ments which I have made. over my'o rigi'nal apparatus. i

For the sake of clearness, I de em' it'essen pin 16 an'd the provision of the tial in the following description of the parts to divide the various keys and their con-' nected bell crank levers, and their accessory parts into groups. By reference to Fig. 8, it will be seen that the group of keys marked U is designed for the ejection of five, ten and twenty dollar gold pieces and also designed for the ejection of change amounting to $25.00'in gold pieces. The group of keys V is intended for the ejection of from one to four silver dollars. The group of keys TV is designed for the ejection of change from 5 to The group of keys marked X is designed for the ejection of change from 10 to 90 and tl e roup of keys marked Y is for the ejection of change from 1 up to 9. There are also a number of other keys provided for the actuation of registering mechanism which will be later referred to. The coin boxes corresponding to the various levers counting from the left hand side of Fig. 2 are designed to contain respectively twenty dollar gold pieces, ten dollar gold pieces and five dollar gold pieces, silver dollars, 25 pieces, 50 pieces, 10 pieces, 5 pieces, 1 pieces, and 5 pieces.

In order to further distinguish the differ ent levers from each other, T have designated them by difi erent letters of reference, these letters running from A to Q commencing with the lever at the left designed for thedischarge of $20.00 pieces.

Each of the levers 13 is controlled by means of a vertically disposed key as for instance the key 18 in Fig. 5. Three types of keys are shown in this figure, the key 18 having a lug 19 projecting from it whereby it may be engaged with the lever 13 The key 18 is provided with a laterally projecting lug 19 which is adapted to engage levers 13 and 13 and cause the depression of these two levers at the same time. The key 18 has a laterally projecting lug 19 on one side adapted to engage one of the levers and onythe opposite side has a laterally projecting arm 20 which extends over a plurality of levers without ever engaging these levers and at its extremity is downwardly bent and formed with a head 21 which is adapted to engage a lever 13 Thus the lever 13 is adapted to be depressed by the key 18. It is also adapted to be-depressed by the key 18 which will also act to depress the lever 13". The key 18 when depressed will depress the lever 13 and also depress the lever 13. As illustrated in Fig. 1, these levers 13, 13, 18 and 13 control the slides which control. the ejection of a 5e piece, a 10 piece and a 25 piece. Only one lever is connected to the 5-piece, thatis, the lever 13, and only one'lever is connected to the 25 piece, that is the lever 13 but inasmuch as it is necessary in'some cases to discharge two 10 pieces, there are two superposed slides controlling the discharge of 10 pieces, one of' these slides being cut at 22. The lever 18 is connected to the lowermost slide while the lever 13* is connected to the uppermost slide.

It will be seen now that upon a depression of the key 18, the slide controlling the 5 pieces and the slide controlling the 25 pieces will both be actuated and that therefore a 25 piece and a 5c piece will be discharged. Vhen the key 18 is actuated, one of the slides controlling the discharge of 10 pieces will be actuated and cause the discharge of one 10 piece. \Vhen, however, the key 18 is depressed whereby 20 in change is discharged. both of the slides containing 10 pieces will be operated thus discharging two 10 pieces. The construction illustrated in Fig. 5 will show the principle of operation of my device, this principle being fully brought out in my prior patent previously referred to.

The coin ejecting slides for the group of levers designated U are arranged singly as shown in Fig. 2 and the levers A and B for the control of the $10.00 and $20.00 gold piece slides have their upper arms offset so that the three levers of the series A, B and C will extend parallel to each other and relatively close together. There are five keys controlling these levers. The key for controlling the discharge of $5.00 pieces and which is lettered 5, like the key 18 previously described, engages with the lever C alone. The key for discharging $10.00 pieces is arranged'in line with the key for discharging the $5.00 gold pieces and is provided with a laterally projecting arm as shown clearly in Fig. 1 which extends over the key C and engages with a key B in exactly the same manner as the arm 20 in Fig. 5 bridges the keys 13, 13 and engages with the key 13. Thekey for controlling the discharge of $15.00 in gold pieces is constructed in the same manner as the key 18 in Fig. 5 and has a laterally projecting arm which engages both of the keys C and B. The key for discharging $20.00 in gold has a laterally projecting arm which bridges both of the keys C and B and engages with the key A alone. The key for discharging $25.00 in gold has a laterally projecting arm constructed in the same manner as the arm 20 on key 18 in Fig. 5 which extends over the levers G and B and engages the lever A. It also has a lug which engages with the lever C so that upon a depression of this key, both of the levers A and C will be operated and thus discharge a $20.00 gold piece and a $5.00 gold piece.

The levers D, E, F and G control the discharge of silver dollars from the coin compartment. In this case there are four coin operating slides arranged in superposed relation to each other. Each slide from the lowermost slide upward in the series is cut y t one c rn r in th am m nn s i indicated at 22 in Fig. 7 so as to provide a clearance for the pin 11 of the slide beneath so that the pin for the uppermost slide will actuate only that slide while the pin for the next slide beneath will operate its slide and the slide above, the next pin operating this slide and the two slides above, and the next pin operating all of the slides, the pins respectively engaging the rear edges of the slides above when the pins are moved forward by their respective levers.

The keys contained in the group V are arranged in line one after the other. The first key of this group V is lettered 1 and engages the lever G alone. The next key is lettered 2 and the shank of the key has op positely projecting lugs or arms as shown in Fig. 2 which will engage both the lever G and the lever F. The next key which is numbered 3 and is designed to cause the ejection of three silver dollars upon its depression, has laterally projecting arms which engage the levers G, F, and E, while the fourth key designed for the ejection of four silver dollars at one actuation has laterally projecting arms which will engage all four of the levers D, E, F and G. It will thus be seen that upon a depression of the key marked 1, only the lever G will be actuated and only one silver dollar will be ejected. Upon the depression of the key marked 2, both of the levers F and G will both be actuated and two silver dollars will be ejected.

The keys in the group marked TV are arranged in line one with the other and as av consequence the levers belonging to this group are deflected so as to be disposed relatively close together and in parallel relation. The keys belonging to this group WV are for the purpose of ejecting change from 59% to These keys, the corresponding levers and the arms extending from the keys whereby the levers are operated are ar rangedv as illustrated in the diagrammatic view, Fig. 9. The lever H controls the ejection of 25 pieces, the lever 1 controls the ejection of 505 pieces, the levers J and K both control the ejection of 10. pieces, the lever K operating the lowermost slide of the two slides controlling 10 pieces and the lever J operating the uppermost slide. Thus when the lever K is operated only one 10c.- piece will be ejected while when the lever J is operated two 10 pieces will be ejected. The lever L controls the ejection of pieces.

The key for the control of 5 pieces in the column or group TV as illustrated in Fig. 2 is provided with a laterally projecting arm, the equivalent of the arm 20 in Fig. 5, which extends across the levers I, J and K and has a head at its extremity which engages with the lever L. Therefore upon a depression of the key numbered 5 in this group W, a v5!] piece will be ejected, The

arm which engages with the lever The next' keyreading upward is the key marked} 15 which controls the ejection of change amounting to 15. This has a laterally extending arm which is provided at its extremity with a head 21 of such length as to en age both the lever K and the lever L so tiat upon a depression of this key both the levers K and L will be operated andtherefore a 10 piece and nickel will be ejected. The next key in succession: is for the ejection of a 25 piece and is lettered It has'an arm projecting as illustrated to theleft and engaging with the lever H alone. The next key in succession is the keyfor ejecting35 in change and thishas a laterally projecting H and an oppositely projecting which bridges the levers T and and contacts with the lever K which controls the, ejection of a dime. Therefore upon a depression of this key lettered 35, the lever H and the lever K will both be actuated. The next key ejects 45 and therefore has a laterally projecting arm engaging with the lever H andvanopposltely projecting-{arm engaging with the l l l T 'l lelel 1 ant tne v1 is. me next (ey controls theejection of 551n change and has a lug engaging with thelever I whereby a 50 piece 1s e ected and a laterally pro ecting arm which bridges the levers J and K and,

engages with the leverL, thus upon itsejection ejecting a 50 piece and a 5 piece. The

next successive key is for the purpose of ejecting in change and this key through its lug and arm engages the lever I, thereby ejecting a 50 piece and the levers K and L. The key for controlling the ejection of 75 in change engages the levers H and I. The key for ejecting 85 in change engages the levers H and I, bridges the lever J and'engages with the lever K. The key for ejecting in change operatively engages the lever H, the lever I and both of the dime controlling levers J and 'K.

The levers controlled by the several keys grouped under the letter X are for the purpose of giving change from 10 to 90. The keys for these levers are arranged between the levers K and L as shown in the dia grammatic view, Fig. 9. The first key of the series is for controlling the ejection of 10 pieces and this key is formed with a laterally extending arm projecting to the left which engages with the lever K alone. next key upon depression ejects 20 and therefore its laterally projecting arm projects over both the levers J and KL The next following key when depressed ejects- 30 in change and hence this key has a latwhich bridges the levers I, J and K'and engages with the lever Havhich controls the ejection of 25. pieces. The next key 5 elispens'eeeee- -in ehange and therefore" its ,whiledn my former patent arms engagerthe lever H and the leversK- and'TJ. The next following key providesforthe ejection of 50 in change and hence it has, one laterally projecting arm. which bridges th levers K and J and engages with the lever Tel-one, The successive keypro vides for discharging 60 in change and hence has laterally projecting arms which engage with the lever K and with the lever I bridging'the lever J. The key for ejectingin change has a laterallyprojecting arm which engages the levers K, J and-I," thus discharging, a 50 piece and two 10 pieces upon one depression. The key for controlling the discharge of 80 in change operativelyengages the lever. L, bridges thelevers J and-K and engages th'e'levers H and I while the key for ejecting 90 in change engages both of the levers Kand'L and has an arm which bridges the lever J, this arm being providedrat its extremity with a head engaging both of the levers H' and I.

The group of keys which is designated Y is for the purpose of ejecting change from one cent up to ,9. The levers M, N, O and P control the ejection of l pieces, said levers operating the four superposed slides and'operating in the same manner as the slides controlling the ejection of silver dol- The lever Qis for the purposeofejecting 5 pieces, alone. The keys grouped under the designation Y. are disposed between the, levers N and O as illustrated in the'diagrammatic view, Fig. 9.

The first key of the series is designated 1 andlhas a laterally projecting arm which engages the lever P alone. The second key designated 2: has a-laterally projecting arm which engages both the levers O'and P. The lever designated 3 has oppositely projecting arms, one of which engages with the lever in? and the other engaging both the levers Pand Q. The oppositely projecting arms on, the key designated 4' en= gage with all four of the penny controlling levers, namely, N, O, P and Q. The key designated 5 has a;laterally extending arm which engages only with the lever Q. T hearm of the key designated 6 bridges the lever 0 but engages with the levers VP and The arm of the key marked 7 engages the leversO, P- and Q. The key 8 through its arms controls the levers N, O, P, O, whilethe key 9 through its arms controls the levers M, N,'O, P and Q and thereforewhen depressed discharges'four pennies and a 5 piece.

It will beseen that nickels'may be secured from the machine by the depression either of the key marked 5 in. the group Y or by a depression of thekey marked 5 in the-group WV. It is: to be noted at this point that certain" of the keys extended below the levers and were connected by means of yokes and stirrups to the said levers, the keys in my present ap plication are all disposed above the levers and simply rest uponthe upper edges of the levers. This is a marked improvement over my prior construction inasmuch as it makes for simplicity, in operation and reduces the cost of manufacture.

The rear ends of all the levers A to Q are supported from any lateral movement by engaging in vertical slots formed in a plate 23, this bar being outwardly bent at its extremities as at as and attached to the rear end of the casing.

For the purpose of locking the several levers from movement when it is desired to prevent the ejection of coins from the machine, I provide a rotatable key actuated barrel 25 as shown in Fig. 1, the barrel being shown as provided with a crank arm 26 from which extends rearward a link 27. Rotatably mounted in the casing in any suitable manner is a cranked rod 23, the cranked portion of which extends beneath the rear ends of the levers A to Q. When this rod is turned in one direction the cranked portion of the rod is depressed suiiiciently to permit the actuation of the levers, and when the rod is rotated in the opposite direction so that the cranked portion is lifted, the levers will be held from depression under the action of the keys. actuated so that it may be rotated to a position in which the levers are locked and the key then withdrawn so as to prevent the actuation of the levers until the key has been again inserted in the barrel and the barrel rotated.

V For the purpose of recording the transactions in which change is made, or coins taken from the change making machine, I have provided certain recording mechanism which is illustrated in plan view in Fig. 1 and in side elevation in Fig. 4. In these figures, 29 designates a casing rectangular in form and forming an extension of the main casing 2, this casing being shown as disposed upon the right hand side of the machine. The top of the casing is transversely slotted as at 30 with a table 31 disposed below the 7 slot and in spaced relation to the top of the casing. Rear-ward of this table and mounted within the casing is a winding reel 32 upon which the recording paper 33 is designed to be wound. The paper passes from the winding reel 32 over the table 31 downward over a downward extension of the table which is designated 3& and then to a reel or spool 35 which forms a magazine for the paper strip. The downward extension 34: of the table 31 is provided with a rubber pad 36 upon its face over which the paper passes, front of the paper of this pad and extending transversely across the The barrel as before stated is key] paper is a ribbon 37. This ribbon 37 as illustrated in Fig. 1 is carried by the reels 38 and 39, the ribbon being reeled up upon the reel 39 and unreeled from the reel 38. The reel 39 is actuated by means which will be later stated.

Disposed immediately in front of the ribbon 37 and in the forward portion of the case 29 are a plurality of type plungers 40, each of which carriers upon its forward extremity a numeral or a character. There I are as many of these plungers as there are lever actuating keys, and in addition certain plungers are provided for registering the character of the business transacted. Each of these plungers lO is mounted for reciprocation, these plungers as illustrated being carried in transverse bars ell. The rear end of each plunger is connected to a vertical lever l2 pivoted at 4-3, the lower end of this lever being connected by means of a link as to a transversely extending crank rod 45 having the crank arm 16 which is connected to the link ll. The opposite end of each crank rod 15 is formed with a crank d7 which normally extends upward and engages beneath one of the horizontal arms of the levers 13 as shown clearly in Fig. 6. Upon a depression of the upper arm 15 of any lever 13 it will cause a rotation of the corresponding rod or shaft 4:5 and this will cause an oscillation of the lever l2 and a projection of the type rod l0, the type carried by the rod impinging upon the ribbon 37 and forcing it against the paper strip. Any suitable means may be used for returning the plungers to their normal position after actuation. I have shown for this purpose the springs 48 one for each of the levers 42 which are mounted upon a cross bar 19 extending across the front of the casing 29.

The mechanism for feeding the strip of paper forward after each actuation of a key or keys is as follows. Disposed at the rear end of the casing 2 and extending transversely across this casing is a shaft or rod 50. This rod intermediate its ends is formed with the outwardly bowed extension 51 as shown clearly in Fig. l which is disposed beneath all of the levers A to Q. Hence when any of these levers are depressed it will cause a depression of this portion 51 which in turn will rock the shaft or rod 50. The end of the rod or shaft 50 adjacent to the recording mechanism is provided at one point with an inwardly and upwardly extending arm 52 carrying at its upper end the dog 53 which is adapted to engage with a ratchet wheel 54: mounted upon the shaft of the reel 39. It will thus be obvious that as the shaft 50 is oscillated, the dog 53 will shift the reel 39 by a step by step movement thus gradually unwinding the type ribbon. Also mounted upon successively CO, RA, PO, A, Band C. The

the shaftor rod 50 is an upwardly extending arm 55 which, at" its 'upperextremity carries a pivoted dog 56 having ratchet teeth formed upon its under face, which ratchet teeth engage with teeth formedv upon a ratchet wheel 57 carried upon the shaft of the reel 32. Thus as the rod 50 is oscillated in one direction, the teeth 56 will slip past the ratchet wheel 57 and upon a return movement of the rod 50 to its normal position, the reel carrying the paper strip will be wound up winding up a certain portion of the paper strip.

There are seventeen type plungers corre-' sponding tothe seventeen keys A to Q and in addition there are siX extra type plungers whichare lettered froin le ft to right ke s 'for'actuatin these the lun ers are grouped under the letter R. Qertain of the ke 5 under the 'rou 3 R are for the our 305% 0 4 b i 1 J of ndicating the name 01 the clerk performin the transaction and certain others are designed to indicate the na'tu're'of the transaction. The first three keysfcounting from the top in this group R as shown in Fig.8) are lettered respectively A, B and C or'provi'ded with any other desired charac- 'ter' and'indicatethe personality of the clerk who 'attendedto the transaction registered. The next three keys of the group, thatis, the

three keys farthest to the left in Fig.1 are lettered. respectively CC,'indicating Correct change, RAYindicating Receivedon account, and PO indicating Paid out.

Each of these keysis connected to an arm 58 which in turn is mounted upon a shaft 59, this shaft being to all intents and purposes'of the same construction as the shaft 45. Each of'these shafts 59 extendsfacross the casing 2 and into the 'casingof lthe registering apparatus andeach shaft like jected arm connected by a link to a vertical lever, which in turn is connected to a'pliing'er 40. The plungers connected to these A, B, C. The key levers on the extreme left which are used for 'setting'down'the nature of the transaction, both eXtendover the angular end of a lever 60 whichjat its extremity is mounted upon the rock shaft left are actuated, the rock shaft 50' will be the top' of the casing is also'hinged so 'asto provide a door thatwill' give free access to j the top and right side of the recording mechanism.

The opmaonwr my'invention will be obvious from What has gone before. lVhen- "without essential change.

ever'change is desired, it is only necessary to press theproper key bearing thereon the numerals indicating the amount of change which is to be returned and immediately the proper amount of change will be deposited in the *cupIO. It will be seen that it is only necessary to press one key in order to get any change from 193 up to $25.00 and 'will notoiily discharge gold coins but coins of ordinary 'denomination. pointed out that the machine is positive in every respect,

It isalso to be I that the keys rest upon the key levers but are otherwise entirely free from these keylevers and that I do away "withthe use of'yokes and stirrups such as were used in my prior mechanism. In my prior mechanism n; was necessary in order to secure certain. amounts of change that two keys be depressed and as before pointed out,

thisisentirely done away within my present The" mechanism is verysimple, positive "in its actionand it is not only thoroughly efrec'aysin practice but it does not readily ,get' out of order.

Inforder to prevent the, abstraction ofithe 3 coins fronithe coin boxes, I providthe forward tad of the 2 with a cover 61 which is li ili'g'd at Tgularin'forin so as to fitover the c'oin boxes and provided with a lock 63 whereby the thiscover being ancover; be held closed.

lVhile" I have illustrated this mechanism as being'parneulari adapted foruse with "mone of the United States, I'wish it understood that it may be readily adapted to 'u'se;withcoins of othen-nations, it being obvious that' the principle ofmy invention the shaft 45 is provided with a radially'proma be adapted to" varying circumstances Furthermore, I do not wish to be limited to the use" oftho recording" part of apparatus with the 'coin changingmechanism', asin some cases the eoin"changing mechanism will "be used without the" recording T iijiechanism.

Having" thus described the' inventionwhat is claimed as new-is 1. 'In" a money changing apparatus, in-

cluding a? plurality of selective1evers;'means V "fon'fe'eding' a recording stripftype plun- 50 so that when these levers on the extreme gers, verticallevers mounted between their per "connected with "the type" plungers, a" plurality of shafts 'extendingbeneath "the selective levers and having "crank portions,

one of suclrc'rank portionsof' each ofthe shafts extending infth'e" path of a selective lever 'to'be actuated thereby and means' con- 'necting' the other'c'rank portionwith the lower'end of a vertical lever.

' 2. In a 'money"chang1ng 'app'ar-atusfim .120 upper and lower ends andhaving their up eluding a plurality of selective levers, means for feeding a recording strip, an inking ribbon, recording types, a shaft, an operating member projecting from the shaft and extending beneath the selective levers to be actuated upon operating any one of such levers, arms projecting from the shaft, and a ratchet mechanism between each of the arms and the recording strip and inking ribbon for operating both at each movement of a selective lever.

3. In a money changing apparatus, including a plurality of selective levers, means for feeding a recording strip, type plungers, a plurality of shafts connected with the type plungers and each having a crank portion adapted to be operated by one of the selective levers, a second shaft having a projecting portion extending across the path of all the selective levers to be operated by any one of them and a ratchet connection between the second shaft and the recording strip.

4. In a money changing apparatus, in-

eluding a plurality of selective levers, means for feeding a recording strip, an inking ribbon, a plurality of type plungers, a plurality of shafts having crank portions, each of such shafts having one of its crank portions connected with a type plunger and having the remalning crank portion adapted to be actuated by one of the selective levers, a second shaft having a projecting portion extending into the path of all the selective levers to be operated upon actuating any one of such selective levers and arms projecting from the second shaft and having ratchet connection with the recording strip and inking ribbon respectively for moving the same when any one of the selective levers is actuated.

In testimony whereof I afi'ix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELBERT D. HALE.

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